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In February, AZGFD kicked off its Tortoise Adoption campaign to find homes for nearly 300 wild desert tortoises, a record number of orphaned tortoises this year.
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Arizona Game & Fish Has More Than 100 Sonoran Desert Tortoises For Adoption
A free virtual tortoise adoption information session via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, Arizona time.
March 10, 2021
A hatchling desert tortoise. Photo by U.S. Geological Survey
If you live in the state of Arizona and are considering a tortoise, the Arizona Game & Fish department announced it will hold an adoption event for Sonoran desert tortoises (
Gopherus morafkai) it has in its possession.
Register for a free
“Many people don’t even consider opening up their homes to desert tortoises, but they make fantastic and personable pets,” Tegan Wolf, desert tortoise adoption program coordinator for the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) said in a statement announcing the adoption event.